• Element/Entity/Property
  • Abiotic

rimstone barrage

rimstone barrier, rimstone dam, gour

1.

rimstone barrage, rimstone barrier, rimstone dam : A wall-shaped deposit that impounds pools of water in caves, around springs, and in cascades of streams saturated with calcium bicarbonate. Synonym, gour.

Monroe, 1970

FORM wall-shaped
LOCATION around springs
SIZE and in cascades of streams saturated with calcium bicarbonate
FUNCTION that impounds pools of water in caves
MEASURES in caves